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Fugitive handed over to Brazilian Feds at border

Aug 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fugitive handed over to Brazilian Feds at border

…despite relatives obtaining court order to block expulsion By Dale Andrews The family of a businessman, through their attorney Nigel Hughes, is in the process of lodging a formal protest to the...

Workers strike as four dismissed for negligence

Aug 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Workers strike as four dismissed for negligence

By Leonard Gildarie Workers of the Skeldon sugar factory yesterday took strike action after four employees were dismissed following a fire at the multi-million-dollar facility two Saturdays ago....

Equipment offloaded, but questions abound

Aug 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Equipment offloaded, but questions abound

US$15.4M Amaila Falls Road Project… – no statement after 72 hours There was a buzz of activity early yesterday morning at the OMAI wharf in Linden, as some 28 pieces of equipment to be used...

Heavy rains continue to hinder efforts in Lethem

Aug 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy rains continue to hinder efforts in Lethem

As authorities rush to repair a key section of the Linden/Lethem road which has been opened to light traffic, heavy rains continue to have a say in the progress, or lack thereof. Yesterday, a section...

US-based teacher accuses police officer of indecent assault

Aug 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US-based teacher accuses police officer of indecent assault

“It was just an unfortunate experience for someone to return home and have this kind of treatment from the police. I read the papers everyday from New York and I see and I hear all kinds of...

Guyana, T&T ‘grudge’ match confirmed for Providence

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana, T&T ‘grudge’ match confirmed for Providence

Trinidadians gets to ‘back up talk’ on Aug 28 & 29 By Sean Devers Almost an entire nation took it for granted that defending Regional 20/20 champions and losing 2009 Champions League finalist...

T&T finally win

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T finally win

Trinidad and Tobago ended their tour of Guyana on a positive note after defeating the hosts by three wickets last Friday, at the Albion Sports Complex in Berbice. The result meant that the visitors...

Guyanese Community in London delighted with GFF All Stars performance

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Community in London delighted with GFF All Stars performance

Island Vibes Caribbean Restaurant host team dinner It was truly a historic moment and a proud one too when the Guyana Football Federation All Star team in collaboration with Temptation Promotion and...

5th Annual Republic Bank Summer Camp wraps up

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on 5th Annual Republic Bank Summer Camp wraps up

A total of 72 youths drawn from the Lower Corentyne area are now better equipped to enter Secondary School for the first time after successfully graduating from the 5th Republic Bank sponsored...

National Supligen dominoes contest underway

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Supligen dominoes contest underway

– upsets dominate New Spot Seven Major upsets were recorded in the National Supligen Domino Competition that got underway Monday night at The New Spot Seven, Freeman Street, East La Penitence....

RHTY&SC launches 20th Anniversary celebrations with Church Service

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC launches 20th Anniversary celebrations with Church Service

Two months of activities planned Guyana’s leading Youth Club, Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) launched its 20th Anniversary Celebrations on Sunday last with a Religious Church...

Gender-based violence workshop underway

Aug 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gender-based violence workshop underway

A three-day gender-based violence workshop began yesterday at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue. The activity is the result of the collaboration of the United Nations Development Fund...

Mc Doom grocery store attacked by gunmen

Aug 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mc Doom grocery store attacked by gunmen

Police on the East Bank of Demerara are currently investigating yet another armed robbery. Karmindra Ghansian of Middle Street, Mc Doom, said around 19:45 on Monday while his brother Komal Ram was...

RUM DRINKING IS NOT ILLEGAL

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RUM DRINKING IS NOT ILLEGAL

There are no laws against the drinking of rum in Guyana. In fact, so long as the alcohol consumed is not bush rum, then there are no laws against its imbibing. There are laws, of course, against the...

GPL, GuySuCo to sign agreement within days

Aug 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPL, GuySuCo to sign agreement within days

An agreement is to be signed within days between the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to formalise the sale of electricity from the new Skeldon sugar...

In the hierarchy of influence the AFC is a distant tenth

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on In the hierarchy of influence the AFC is a distant tenth

Dear Editor, I was deeply amused by Sheila Holder’s statement about ACDA in the recent SN Sunday article, “Opposition admits voters disenchanted”. Her statement about ACDA calling for a...

Unstoppable China

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Unstoppable China

One surprisingly low-keyed headline, “China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy” and an editorial, “Return of the (US) Killer Trade Deficit”, in Monday’s New York Times pronounced on a...

Let’s make this area safe for the kids

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s make this area safe for the kids

Dear Editor, Allow me to highlight two observations. The management of Churches Chicken in Linden, situated in Coop Crescent, formally J. P. Santos may have glossed over erecting a safety device in...

“Trust and obey, for there’s no other way.”

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way.”

I am not a religious person but I know there is a popular Christian hymn with the above title. If that hymn applies to any human being or institution or process in this country, it is to the men and...

Gender-based violence workshop underway

Aug 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gender-based violence workshop underway

A three-day gender-based violence workshop began yesterday at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue. The activity is the result of the collaboration of the United Nations Development Fund...

I Can See Clearly Now: The Case of the Former First Lady

Aug 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on I Can See Clearly Now: The Case of the Former First Lady

As I read through the various articles on my chosen topic, I was so upset that I was physically trembling. The anger, frustration and sense of betrayal on behalf of another were overwhelming. It was...

D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life...

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Kaieteur Sports – The D-Up Basketball Academy is gearing up to wrap its first-of-its-kind, two-month youth basketball camp, which tipped off in September at the Tuschen Primary School (TPS)...

Campbell Eyes Eighth Men’s Physique Title in...

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Alphonso, Fung-a-Fat, Munroe among top performers...

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Guyana’s finest Physiques to battle for Glory...

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CWI names West Indies Test Squad for home series...

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Georgetown romp to 292-run win over Select XI

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more